A fisherman from Yorkshire has become the first British national to die while fighting for Russia in Ukraine after he was killed by a drone strike.
Bradley Townsend, 33, from Barnsley, travelled to Russia in April of this year to join Putin‘s army despite having no military experience.
In a social media post, Townsend said his reason for joining was to ‘repay the favour’ to miners in Donbas who had donated a month’s wages to striking Yorkshire miners in the 1980s.
He described himself as ‘a normal working-class lad from Yorkshire’ who wanted to support Russian separatists in Ukraine’s Donbas region.
Townsend added: ‘I
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